Colombia-UE FTA ready!

Brussels. The Ministry of Finances of Colombia, Luis Guillermo Plata, declared to the media that the negotiations with the European Union for a Free Trade Agreement closed successfully last 1rts of March. Production of the free zones, banana, sugar and coffee were among the main Colombian benefits of the new FTA with the powerful economical block. However, the Colombian producers of milk are worried, because it is expected that the country will see the massive importation of milk products. (more…)

Copenhagen 2009, Delaying the Urgent

COPENHAGUEThe political leaders of the world could not reach a satisfactory agreement on the climate change to save the earth in Copenhagen 2009.

The time is getting short for the earth.

Haro gives in this drawing the idea of what political leaders went to do in Denmark. (more…)

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The main numbers for Latin America in 2009

Santa-CrisisEvidently the global crisis took over number worries this year around the globe. Even if Latin America passed as the region with the best readiness to face the financial Tsunami, its economies suffered the consequences. For the Spanish financial magazine AmericaEconomia in its special report at the end of the year, these were the main numbers that affected the Western Hemisphere in 2009: (more…)

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The Ring of the World Cup 2010 is Colombian

anillo finalThe Ring of the South Africa World Cup 2010 is made in Colombia by Colombian talent. Even if the national team was eliminated in the World Cup qualification, the goldsmiths of Bucaramanga were unbeatable as the best of their art in the planet.

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Unemployment is high this year, DANE

desempleo_colombiaThe Administrative Department of Statistics of Colombia, DANE (its acronym in Spanish) reported that unemployment is higher this year.

In the period August – October 2008 the national rate of unemployment was 10.8%.

This year to the same period it is 11.8%.

The global financial crisis produced its effects in the Colombian economy especially in the deterioration of the main sources of employment like industry and commerce.

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Is going Colombia to take the Venezuelan pipelines?

top_sa_oil_producersWhile the Venezuela of Hugo Chávez is embarking itself in the celebrated ‘socialism of the 21rst century’, investors are running out of the country. Even if Colombia has not big oil reserves like its socialist neighbor, the Andean country has a considerable production and it stills an option as well. (more…)

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Uribe opened Starch Plant in Sucre

presidenteuribePresident Uribe opened a Starch Plant in the Sucre department and said that rural areas must be benefited from industrialization. The project, located in Corozal, is thought to develop the plantations of yucca in the rural department and generate employment in the area.

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Exporters reject threats of Chávez

venezuela_industryThe Colombian Association of Exporters (Analdex), rejected the threats of Venezuelan president Hugo Chávez over commerce with Colombia and declared support for the government during the 21rst National Congress of Exporters in Bogotá. (more…)

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Cassava starch for biodegradable cups in Cali

colombiapassport_disposalcupThe University of Cauca is working in the development of a disposal cup that is also biodegradable. The cup will be based on cassava starch. ´The idea is create disposable products that are also biodegradable,´ said Héctor Villada, scholar at the Faculty of Agronomy to El Tiempo newspaper. (more…)

Embera fear complete extinction of culture

embera_passport2Conflicts of interests between multinationals and indigenous groups are not only confined to legal debate over property rights. If you ask the indigenous Embera in Choco, their fight against a mining project isn’t just a conflict about their legal ownership of the land, but a project that threatens to completely demolish their culture. (more…)

 

244 municipalities in high risk for elections 

03.08.2010 Ombudsman said that 244 municipalities of Colombia are at high risk for the coming elections. They could face constraint to the voter, disruption of the electoral contest, threats, restrictions on mobility and suffragan corruption, warns the office. The threats come from the Farc guerrillas and the new armed groups, especially in the northern coast and the southwest of Colombia. General Freddy Padilla declared to the press that the security forces will be alert in all the national territory to guarantee safety during the elections.
 

Colombia helps Chile 

The Chilean Embassy in Colombia opened an account for donations for humanitarian help. I do not publish numbers here to avoid missuses of information by online thieves. You are welcome to donate to any well known international foundation like the Red Cross or the Chilean Embassy. Please support Chile to recover.

http://www.chilesomostodos.gov.cl/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=769&Itemid=7

 

Can you support the studies of a kid? 

Don Bosco Children Fund Sihanoukville. Fighting poverty through education in Cambodia! Donate now. We hope to find the way to do it in Colombia soon!

 

Colombian exports rose 15,3 % 

The Administrative Department of Statistics (DANE) declared that exports increased in Colombia 15,3 % in January. The first seller of Colombian production is US.
 

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Shakira was honored by the UN 

The Colombian artist and founder of the Barefoot Foundation got a medal for her philanthropy. Only in Colombia, the Grammy winner is responsible for the attention of more than 6 thousand children from poverty.
 
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CAMILO VILLEGAS: The best Colombian golfer is leading the Honda Classic with 199 hits, 67 impacts - NASA: The earthquake of Chile changed the rotation of the earth and shortened the duration of the day in 1 microsecond - JUSTICE: A judge sentenced a guerrilla group of Farc for its responsibility in the killing of more than 100 persons who took refuge in the church of Bojayá - Chocó during a battle between guerrillas and paramilitary groups on May 2, 2002. - COLOMBIAN SOCCER (last updated on Sunday, March 07): Santa Fe 3, Tolima 2 - Medellín 1, Junior 1 - Caldas 0, Cali 3; TODAY SUNDAY: Cúcuta, Quindío - Chicó, Nacional - América, La Equidad - Cortuluá, Pereira - Cartagena, Envigado - Huila, Millonarios - You are in Colombia Passport! - TERRORIST PLAN: The Ministry of Defense, Gabriel Silva Luján, said that there are not evidences of a possible terrorist attack against the Supreme Court, but he said that the security has been reinforced to avoid any possible violence. - BOGOTÁ TRANSPORT STRIKE IS FINISHED: The transports and the city government reached an agreement in 1,8. - SPAIN AND VELEZUELA: Madrid asked information from Caracas, no explanations, in the possible implication of the Venezuelan government between the relations Farc-ETA, said Moratinos. - CHILE: The reconstruction of the country will take three or four years, said President Bachillet. - REFERENDUM: The promoters of the referendum law for a third presidential period of Uribe could face disciplinary prosecutions and even political dead, predicts Semana magazine.

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